crib
3 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural
cribs
plural
cribs
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRIB
[count]
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:
a long open box that holds food for farm animals
4
informal
:
something used for cheating on a test
— usually used before another noun
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crib notes
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He got caught using a crib sheet. [=a piece of paper with answers to test questions]
5
US slang
:
a usually small room, apartment, or house
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How about coming up to my crib? [=place]
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crib
/ˈkrɪb/
verb
cribs;
cribbed;
cribbing
2
crib
/ˈkrɪb/
verb
cribs;
cribbed;
cribbing
Britannica Dictionary definition of CRIB
:
to copy an idea, a piece of writing, etc., from someone else
[+ object]
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She cribbed a line or two from her favorite poet.
[no object]
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students cribbing off each other's papers
